It isn't known the extent of the injuries caused to police officers and the driver's passengers.

They said: "Vehicle linked to criminal activity requested to stop in Scunthorpe.

"Driver decided to repeatedly ram police vehicle in an attempt to escape, as a result injuring Police officers and his occupants. Driver arrested after attempting to flee on foot and swiftly detained."

She said: "A really great piece of police work taking criminals off our streets - but made so dangerous to our officer by the manner of the offender's driving. Get well soon #79 and hope there’s lots of sympathy and ibuprofen at hand."

Christopher Webster, 30, from Victoria Street, in Newark, has now been charged with two counts of threatening a person with a meat cleaver in Newark, and, in Immingham, robbery and attempted robbery.

Humberside Police responded to calls about an alleged attempted attack in the Aldi supermarket car park in Immingham, and pursued the man along the A15 and A18 towards Brigg. Police are currently appealing for any witnesses who saw in incident in the car park to come forward.